Children learn so much from their male caregivers.
The Center for Children and Families WNY and the Buffalo Prenatal Perinatal Network have teamed up to collaborate to support male caregivers. This includes fathers, step-fathers, grandfathers, uncles, and any other male caregiver who makes a positive impact on a child.
Through funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the teams will run positive parenting programs to support parenting.
A father/male caregiver makes a meaningful and unique difference in health child development! The collaboration will be working with fathers to help them improve their child’s happiness, sports and play skills, and self-esteem.
The collaboration will be a new eight-week study to learn about the best ways to help male caregivers help their preschool child be the best they can be. Caregivers are randomly assigned (like flipping a coin) into one of three groups:
- Nurturing Fathers
- Nurturing Fathers + Parent-Child Play Activity
- Parent-Child Play Activity
A family is eligible if:
- There is a child 3-6 years old in the family
- The male caregiver can attend the weekly activities with the child
There is no cost for the parent-child activities, and compensation will be provided for completing study surveys.
Click here to fill out a contact form to sign up for the program.
To learn more please call 716-572-7030 or visit our website go.fiu.edu/fathers
Check out this presentation with more information about our program.